Ruin Radio 4: The Sleazy Sex Dungeon Tapes (12/01/2014)

show: ruin radio

airdate: 12-01-2014 at 7-8 in the A

episode: 4

episode title: the subtle sleazy sex dungeon tapes, vol. 1

how to hear: hollowearthradio.org

why: if you're feelin morny

what: excerpts from the soundtrack for the 1971 film vampyros lesbos, chicago house moans, carnal new beat cheese, peter "sleazy" christopherson, a dirty little cover of a david bowie ditty, and more.

i thought about calling this "the basement tapes, or, dubious transmissions from the subtle sleazy sex dungeon," but honey that's just too much talk.

Ruin Radio 3: Journey Through a Body (11/24/2014)

this third episode underwent a lot of changes while i was pulling it together. it started as a kind of "dungeon" mix (that's a concept i'd revisit the following week). however, i realized a lot of songs i wanted to include focused on physical bodies -- their functions, boundaries, and statuses within medicine and other systems. physical desire also comes up in a way that felt relevant. so i cribbed the title from throbbing gristle's last studio album and fashioned this as an installment in which the listener moves through a body while they listen. it may not be a linear path from outside to in, but i felt a change here from experiencing explicitly physical manifestations of bodies to something more metaphysical and existential. there's a darkness lurking throughout this mix, and this week's show moves into some noisier territory. i think there's also a dash of real beauty here and there. simultaneously, maybe.